The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 119-130 , February 2010

Unilateral Focal Burn Injury Is Followed by Long-Lasting Bilateral Allodynia and Neuronal Hyperexcitability in Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn

  • Yu-Wen Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience & Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, and Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Administration Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
    • ,
  • Andrew Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience & Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, and Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Administration Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
    • ,
  • Carl Saab

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Alpert Medical School and Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
    • ,
  • Stephen Waxman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience & Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, and Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Administration Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. Stephen G. Waxman, Chairman, Dept. of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, LCI-707, New Haven, CT 06510.

Received 6 May 2009 ,Revised 15 June 2009 ,Accepted 17 June 2009.

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 Supported by grants from the Medical Research Service and Rehabilitation Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S1526-5900(09)00607-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.06.009

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 119-130 , February 2010

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